Article content
With Indiaâs daily tally of COVID-19 infections surging by records, public health experts worry that a new â possibly more virulent â coronavirus variant could be racing through the crowded nation of more than 1.3 billion people.
The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling Indiaâs deadlier new wave of cases that has made it the worldâs second worst-hit country, surpassing Brazil again, and has already begun to overwhelm its hospitals and crematoriums. India has reported more than 14.5 million COVID-19 cases so far and more than 175,600 fatalities.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
There s a new double mutant COVID-19 variant in India How worried should we be?
ottawacitizen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ottawacitizen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
There s a new double mutant COVID-19 variant in India How worried should we be?
nationalpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Article content
Hospitalizations of people with severe COVID-19 are at record highs in Ottawa and doubling every 12 days, city councillors heard in a somber pandemic update Wednesday.
By late next week, there could be 200 COVID-19 patients in Ottawa hospitals. That compares to a high of 63 during the pandemic’s first wave.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or We have never seen anything like this : Health officials issue plea for public s help to bring COVID-19 cases down Back to video
“We are really not in a good place and things could go very badly in Ottawa in the next few weeks in terms of our hospitals’ abilities to keep up,” said Ottawa’s deputy medical officer of health, Dr. Brent Moloughney.